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Term Definition
Plaintiff
- the person who initiates the divorce by filing the petition.
Application in Divorce
In a divorce, the plaintiff is the person initiating the divorce; the person, for legal purposes, who wants to end the marriage.
In some divorce actions in some jurisdictions, he or she is called the
appellant
.
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